by David Todd | May 10, 2012 | China, Satellites
China has launched the Yaogan 14 electro-optical military reconnaissance satellite into a near-polar sun- synchronous low Earth orbit on 10 May. The launch took place at 0706 GMT, lifting off from the Taiyuan launch...
by Zach | Nov 3, 2011 | China
On 31 October, a Long March IIF launched from the Jiuquan launch site in western China. The successful launch carried a Shenzhou 8 capsule, which, though capable of carrying taikonauts, was empty. On 2 November the capsule docked with Tiangong 1, a space station test...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 5, 2010 | China, space station, Technology
Res Communis has reported on a presentation on prospects for space tourism in China by a Ms. Xu Si from the Beijing Institute of Technology – very probably an institution heavily involved in the space programmeI wrote for Flightglobal back in 2007 that...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 29, 2010 | China, exploration, History
The Manchester, UK based-Museum of Science & Industry has teamed with the University of Manchester to exhibit a history of China’s aerospace development including that country’s space programme. Its press release says: “[The University of...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 2, 2009 | China, exploration, space station
Go here to see the video of Chen Shanguang, the chief commander and chief designer of China’s Manned Space Engineering astronaut system speaking to China’s state run English language news and current affairs channel CCTV-9. Go here for more China manned...
by Rob Coppinger | Jul 6, 2009 | China, ESA, exploration, International Space Station
During a short conversation with European Space Agency director general Jean-Jacques Dordain this morning here in Paris, at the 3rd European Conference for Aerospace Sciences, Hyperbola asked him about India, South Korea and China During the first public meeting of...
